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## Podcast


* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt85feca556ae7e889/698a06a286f68e06286edf8d/time-best-of-culture-2019-podcast.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 30, 2019  
## [The 10 Best Podcasts of 2019](https://time.com/5737235/best-podcasts-2019/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Eliana Dockterman
* ![Carrie &amp; Big, Sex and The City.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96cf84512d9d3caf/69887d23bc6cfc27f43dbaf7/sex-and-the-city-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 20, 2018  
## [Podcast Reveals Mr. Big Was Supposed To Die in _Sex and the City 3_](https://time.com/5459907/sex-and-the-city-big-die/)  
by Melissa Locker
* ![Mir Space Station Retrospective](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltefb28f75971613c1/6988dcd2196cf47656041d1a/gettyimages-907630.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 7, 2017  
## [Episode 8 of the Podcast 'Countdown': Collision in Space](https://time.com/4931240/countdown-podcast-episode-8/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![Astronaut Luca Parmitano Returns To Earth Onboard Soyuz TMA-09M](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7ddd85f7b6c6350/6988dc238fd2ee8f44358ad4/gettyimages-187658035.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 31, 2017  
## [Episode 7 of the Podcast 'Countdown:' The Strange Case of the Drowning Astronaut](https://time.com/4923923/luca-parmitano-countdown-podcast/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![Astronauts Heading For the Launch Complex](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt67bc8d8a512580ff/6988daf34ee262345030eb27/gettyimages-517427786.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 24, 2017  
## ['Countdown' Podcast Episode 6: The Near-Deadly Launch of Apollo 12](https://time.com/4913903/apollo-12-podcast-countdown/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger  
* ![In a view from the Gemini 9 spacecraft, Astronaut Gene Cernan tethered to the Gemini 9 spacecraft as it orbits the Earth.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte3f30d9b14be6eb9/6988da11fb4eac60b1893598/eugene-cernan-gemini-9-spacewalk.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 17, 2017  
## ['Countdown' Podcast Episode 5: A Spacewalk From Hell](https://time.com/4903929/countdown-podcast-gemini-9/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![July 21, 1961, Worldwide Mercury Astronaut Virgil 'Gus' Grissom Is Pulled From The Ocean. His Spce Capsule 'Liberty Bell 7' Sank After He Opened The Side Hatch. ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1bdb9c82bb9d7308/6988d9420b72e3a1ff6eefe8/170810_gus-grissom-splashdown.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 10, 2017  
## ['Countdown' Podcast Episode Four: Gus Grissom's Near-Deadly Splashdown](https://time.com/4895174/countdown-podcast-grissom-splashdown/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![Crew Of Apollo I: Grissom, White, And Chaffee](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b65249f647b1f89/6988d84c656a3f4894bd11ad/170803_apollo-1-crew.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 3, 2017  
## ['Countdown' Podcast Episode 3: The Tragedy of Apollo 1](https://time.com/4885576/countdown-podcast-episode-three-apollo-tragedy/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![Neil Armstrong Aboard the Eagle, 1969](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4130883ec6a9e59d/6988d67eab6d77abaa6af0bb/170720_neil-armstrong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 31, 2017  
## [On TIME's Podcast 'Countdown:' The Flight that Nearly Took Neil Armstrong's Life](https://time.com/4880012/neil-armstrong-apollo-gemini-nasa/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![Vulture Festival - Casper Podcast Lounge](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte664f781ebe873b9/698896c55f570f51f6b213b5/women-revolution-audio-podcast.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 8, 2016  
## [How Sarah Koenig, '2 Dope Queens' and Other Women Are Revolutionizing the Way We Listen](https://time.com/4359849/sarah-koenig-2-dope-queens-feminism-podcasts/)  
by Manoush Zomorodi  
* ![Anyone out there? Oh yeah, more than you think](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd432cfe72442fae6/69887ebebc6cfc3df53dbdb1/space.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 4, 2016  
## [Why Life on Other Planets Is Inevitable](https://time.com/4234106/life-in-space/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![Glamour shot: The Curiosity rover at work on Mars's Bagnold Dune Field, on January 19, 2016](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29368e3dd564efa5/69887e558e0601cb4e464ae5/mars.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 19, 2016  
## [See an Eye-Popping Selfie From Mars](https://time.com/4230402/mars-selfie-curiosity-rover/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Feb 5, 2016  
## [Listen to the New Episode of TIME's Space Podcast 'It's Your Universe'](https://time.com/4209239/its-your-universe-podcast-mercury-space/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt04286f88827356c5/69887b08196cf45c6103a12c/itsyouruniverse-logo-square.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 28, 2016  
## [Listen to the First Episode of TIME's Space Podcast _It's Your Universe_](https://time.com/4195831/podcast-its-your-universe/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![Adnan Syed](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt248b3b4ae1c00d50/69876ff18e060102f7459583/adnan-syed.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 6, 2015  
## [_Serial_'s Adnan Syed Will Have Case Re-Evaluated](https://time.com/4103619/serials-adnan-syed-post-conviction-proceedings-appeal/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Charlotte Alter

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